These local students are among the more than 200 from Hudson Valley Community College who were recently inducted into the Alpha Xi Sigma chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international academic honor society for students at two-year colleges, each with a grade-point average of 3.71 or higher:

— Derek Baldwin of Schenectady, who is studying in the computer-information systems academic program;

— Frank Cogliando of Delmar, who is studying in the individual studies academic program;

— Riley Corbett of Slingerlands, who is studying in the Marketing academic program;

— Michael Escobar of Schenectady, who is studying in the digital media academic program;

— Daniel Fitzsimmons Cruz of Delmar, who is studying in the liberal arts and science: humanities and social science academic program;

— Joseph Glogan of Schenectady, who is studying in the criminal justice academic program;

— Laura Grippin of Berne, who is studying in the Business Administration Honors academic program;

— Selwa Ibrahim of Guilderland, who is studying in the health information management and technology academic program;

— Ande Joyce Jolley of Delmar, who is studying in the liberal arts and science: humanities and social science academic program;

— Ariel McBride of Delmar, who is studying in the digital media academic program;

— Liliana McCaffrey of Slingerlands, who is studying in the liberal arts and science: humanities and social science academic program;

— Oliver Simonsen of Slingerlands, who is studying in the business-administration academic program;

— Kevin Waltz of Schenectady, who is studying in the criminal justice academic program; and

— Jalaysha Malik of Schenectady, who is studying in the liberal arts and science: humanities and social science academic program.